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Sam Ollinger’s Bike San Diego continues to be a treasure trove of local bicycling news and information that I need to get into the habit of checking out more often.

This morning, Sam posted an item about the theft of two bicycles from a couple who have made cycling and transit their primary means of transportation. This is more than the theft of two bicycles. It is the theft of a way of life.

The post from Andrea and Aaron Garland includes highly detailed descriptions of their bicycles, which should stand out should they show up on Craigslist or in some used bicycle shop.

Some of her recent posts include some newsy items about city progress toward making this a bicycle-friendly city, a river bike path in the making in Escondido and Sam’s personal reflections on a two-day mountain biking camp and how it has upped her day-to-day cycling.

Bike San Diego also includes a great list of local bicycling organizations, relevant government agencies and bicycle-oriented blogs. Sam is a great believer in the Whole Bicycle community – it’s the fact that you are on two wheels that defines the community, not the activities that you pursue.

This is how the site defines its purpose:

“BikeSD.org is a resource by and for San Diego bicyclists. We seek to strike a balance between street-level activism, the advocacy efforts of groups like the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, and the participatory nature of online discussion forums.”

The site counts on volunteer contributors and administrators to keep going. If you have something to say on the subject, check out their guidelines and step up to the plate!

The Bike Union has been periodically posting pictures of local cyclists with brief biographies on the riders.

You can help fill out the portrait by submitting your own photo and a brief bio that includes “where you live and ride, what you do on your bike, why you choose to ride a bike and at least one thing you love about your bike.”

The point, according to the Bike Union is to “to show that we bicyclists aren't just stereotypes -- we're neighbors, coworkers, parents, friends, and we bike San Diego!”

But is there a bicycle sharing program also in the works somewhere in San Diego?

I often hear why such a program would be difficult for San Diego and yet I see cities far more problematic – Washington DC, Paris, Montreal, Mexico City, Denver and Toronto, for example. Many of these cities actually have … weather. And hills. And congestion.

Transportation planners often talk about the difficulty of building that “last mile” into public transit – the time and distance it takes to reach transit stations or to reach the final destination from a transit station.

I sometimes suspect that the hurdles are mental or that there is some sort of need to get it exactly right. Perhaps I’m imagining all this. Perhaps there is something in the works for San Diego. What do you know and when did you know it? What can we citizens do to help such a program along?